I.
The introductory word
1:1
Nahum 1
:1
1:1
The burden concerning
1aNineveh. The book of the vision of
2Nahum the Elkoshite.
II.
Jehovah as the majestic Judge
1:2-7
Nahum 1
:2
1:2
Jehovah is a
ajealous God and One who avenges;
Jehovah avenges and is full of wrath;
Jehovah takes vengeance on His adversaries,
And reserves
wrath for His enemies.
Nahum 1
:3
1:3
Jehovah is
along-suffering and great in power
And will by no means clear
the guilty.
Jehovah — His way is in the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the
bclouds are the dust of His feet.
Nahum 1
:4
1:4
He arebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And He dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel languish,
And the sprout of Lebanon languishes.
Nahum 1
:5
1:5
The mountains
aquake because of Him,
And the hills
bmelt,
And the earth is heaved up at His presence,
Indeed the world, and all that inhabit it.
Nahum 1
:6
1:6
aWho can stand before His indignation,
And who can maintain himself in the fierceness of His anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
And the rocks are broken down by Him.
Nahum 1
:7
1:7
Jehovah is good,
A stronghold in a day of distress;
And He
aknows those who take
brefuge in Him.
III.
Jehovah's judgment on Nineveh
1:8—3:19
A.
The verdict concerning Nineveh's destruction and the promise of comfort to Judah
1:8-15
Nahum 1
:8
1:8
But with an overflowing
1aflood He will make a full end of
2her place,
And He will pursue His enemies into darkness.
Nahum 1
:9
1:9
What do you
adevise against Jehovah?
He will make a full end;
Distress will not arise a second time.
Nahum 1
:10
1:10
For though they are entangled like thorns
And like those drunken with their drink,
They will be consumed as fully as dry stubble.
Nahum 1
:11
1:11
One went forth from you
Who devises evil against Jehovah,
Who counsels wickedness.
Nahum 1
:12
1:12
Thus says Jehovah,
Though they are complete in number and even numerous,
Even so they will be cut down; and
1they will pass away.
And though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you
ano more.
Nahum 1
:13
1:13
And now I will break
1his ayoke from off you
And will snap your bonds asunder.
Nahum 1
:14
1:14
And Jehovah has commanded concerning you:
No more of your name will be sown;
Out of the house of your gods I will cut off
The graven idol and the molten idol;
I will make your grave, for you are worthless.
Nahum 1
:15
1:15
aSee, upon the mountains
The feet of him who bears the
1glad news,
Who announces peace!
Keep your feasts, O Judah;
Complete your vows;
For the wicked one will never again
Pass through you;
He will be completely cut off.
